At the break of Gawn

Bit harsh on Tyson. Thought he was one of our best.

Our forward line/midfield doesn't know how to handle the opposition's spare defender. They had 7 men back there the whole last half and every kick we did was to an out numbered contest. Need to be smarter with our ball use going in. Hogan may have had a down day but I can't recall too many one-on-ones where he had a genuine chance.

I've also noticed this a lot. This morning Ox on SEN stated he would pick Watts over Nic Nat now and Melbourne made the right decision. No surprise, Ox was barraged with a heap of messages like 'What have you been smoking? etc". Now I'm not saying that everyone should think Watts is a better player, but to think it's a ridiculous statement like most listeners were expressing just shows they still think of Jack Watts circa 2016 and more accurately JW Neeld era.

I think both coaches knew the game was won in that first qtr and Jack influenced the result the most out of anyone in that qtr.

Thought Roos and co. strategised this game really well. We spent all our energy early to set up a sizeable margin and coasted from there. Was really important that guys like Watts, Kent and Hogan kicked goals early which they did, while Gawn, Viney, Jones and Tyson dominated in the centre.

6 - Gawn. Dominated in the ruck and set us up early 5 - T Mac - was immense down back 4 - Hogan - 4 goals, 12 marks. Was dominant 3 - Viney - Willed himself to the contest and was prolific early 2 - Watts - Set up the win early with some strong marks and excellent kicking. 1 - Jones - typical captain's game and most disposals. Apologies to: Grimes, Hunt, Tyson, Vandenberg. Thought everyone contributed well, only quiet game was Garlett.

Can it be at least against someone else other than Port?

6 - Watts - close to his best game all year (got 149 SuperCoach points, probably his highest ever score) 5 - Jones - Tried all day, few poor disposals 4 - Hunt - Daring and dashing 3 - Garlett - dangerous as ever 2 - Tmac - apart from a few kicking blunders his intercept marking was great 1 - Jetta - won quite a few crucial one on ones

That 3rd qtr barrage of early goals killed us. They got easy centre clearances which resulted in quick one-on-ones that their forwards won. Roos then had to play Watts as a loose man to stop the rot which also hampered our ability to kick more goals that qtr too.

I think we're more likely to replace North if we end up making finals. They've got a tough run home.

So annoyed that the crows get a 10 day break before playing us. It'll nullify any of our freshness.They have basically received 2 byes.

I recall Roos saying recently that Jack has always been a well liked player around the club, as in he got on with everyone and was "one of the boys", however he has started to realise that earning their respect is a different thing and by playing good football is the way to do that. FWIW I think Jack has the potential to be in the leadership group next year (or the year after). He seems to be showing a lot more passion and becoming quite demonstrative out on the field which is something we haven't seen. These observations alone show the penny has finally dropped for Jack, but I just can't help but wonder why it's taken him so long to care about his football. The positive is though, it's probably an environmental thing which has fostered this change so the football club is cultivating a much better culture these days.

Was one of our cleanest all day. Rubbish comment.

Dagger through the heart

The boys have the bye to look forward to though so the message has got to be, give everything that you have, and you can rest the next week.

Has mentioned it in multiple interviews (2014-2015). Stated that it was one of the main reasons for his brain fades.

Would love to have a genuine conversation about him being as good as Gunstan, but Gunstan is a 3x premiership player which will always trump Watts' achievements over the next few years (unless we're on the verge of being the next Hawthorn)

Bit harsh saying that's minimum levels. Averaging 2 goals a game (in the top 20 of the league) and averages 15 disposals a game @ 80% efficiency. Has kicked more goals then the likes of Tom Lynch (Adelaide), same as Rioli (and gets heaps more disposals than him). If he could average the same amount of disposals as Lynch, and can kick 50 goals a year, he will become a genuine star of the competition. Expect next year to be even better as he continues to improve his fitness base.

Would like no change, but Roos and Jennings have both stated that we struggle with 6 day breaks due to fatigue. Wouldn't be surprised if we make 2 or 3 changes.

Pretty confident about today. With Collingwood's injuries, just can't see them kicking enough goals. Hogan, Watts, Gawn and Viney to all have impactful games. Watts on Howe will be a good matchup if that transpires on the day. Dee's to win by 40pts plus.

The game Jack Watts "dropped" himself. Was a good move in hindsight as it was a horrible game to watch and would've been worse to be a part of.

Was named in our best in multiple match reports. Please make your posts more relevant to the game.

Wow just wrong on so many points here. Jones terrible? Dawes for Watts? We're trying to win a game of football here, Dawes belongs on a building site with his cement hands.

Only if Watts has goal kicking coach written into his contract also.

Sorta agree. Can't recall him making one mistake. He didn't get more of it because we were slaughtered in the middle.